03/22/2013
285 West Broadway at Canal Street
New York City
Friday, March 22, 2013
7:00pm
Canal Room
KI-YO made his debut in Japan when he was 17. His third single “The Only One” has sold over 400,000 copies and his album “Ill Be There” was number 7 in the charts its first week out. That same year, he received the “ALL JAPAN REQUEST AWARD”, and the “JFN LISTENERs AWARD”. Currently, his total album sales reached over 1,000,000 copies. KI-YO moved to New York in 2010 and became a lead singer of the “Harlem Japanese Gospel Choir”, which took first place, out of 40,000 entries, in the McDonalds Gospel Festival in 2010, the first time in history for an internationally assembled Gospel group. After their win, the Choir was invited to perform as the first ever, Japanese guest performers at the Apollo Theater. KI-YOs international debut single, “#1” topped the Amazon Japan Pop Chart in 3 different categories (MP3 total sales, Pop, and R&B/Soul). And his second single, “Dear All My Love”, third single “Spend My Life With You”, the latest single “Need Somebody Tonight” became number 1 as well. KI-YO:: www.ki-yomusic.com
Gina Kim is making her debut at the Canal Room with the release of her first dance single, “Dance With It” cowritten with headliner Cassandra. She has been singing since 3, won many vocal talent awards in her teens in pageants and has done back-up vocals for KPop stars. Dance With It is about doing the things you want despite your fears and is a result of her stepping into her life and letting go of her own judgments about what she should be doing in life. Gina Kim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w34tg5qomr8
Cassandra: http://www.justbeingmyself.me/
Advance tix $12 plus svc charges, $15 at door
21+
Tickets are available here:
http://canalroom.com/event_detail.php?id=1061